A Teaching Monday (ATM)
Leadership Under Pressure: Turning Pain Points Into Power Points – Part 2
Lost in Translation: When Leadership Speaks but No One Hears “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” — George Bernard Shaw. Have you ever said something clearly (at least in your mind) only for your team to completely...
Leadership Under Pressure: Turning Pain Points into Power Points – Part 1
The Disconnected Leader: Rebuilding Bridges Before They Burn “People don’t leave companies—they leave leaders who stop seeing them.” — John C. Maxwell. Have you ever worked for someone who seemed present but not connected? They showed up at every meeting, spoke...
The Silent Saboteurs: How Toxic Associations Are Limiting Your Growth Without You Knowing It – Part 4
“Look carefully at the closest associations in your life, for that is the direction you are heading.” – Kevin Eikenberry. John Maxwell’s quote from last week`s ATM hits deep: “Almost all our sorrows can be traced to relationships with the wrong people and our joys to...
The Silent Saboteurs: How Toxic Associations Are Limiting Your Growth Without You Knowing It – Part 3
“Almost all our sorrows can be traced to relationships with the wrong people and our joys to relationships with the right people.” – John Maxwell. In the 1950s and early ’60s, Johnny Cash was unstoppable — a country music legend in the making. Yet behind the fame was...
The Silent Saboteurs: How Toxic Associations Are Limiting Your Growth Without You Knowing It – Part 2
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn. Some relationships don’t break you overnight, they erode you slowly. They dim your light, distort your purpose, and drain your energy poco a poco (little by little) until you’re a...
The Silent Saboteurs: How Toxic Associations Are Limiting Your Growth Without You Knowing It – Part 1
“If you hang out with chickens, you’re going to cluck. If you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly.” – Steve Maraboli. The Silent Saboteurs is a hard-hitting perspective on how negative or unaligned relationships quietly drain your energy, blur your vision, and...
Making Your Personal Growth Your Daily Priority — Part 6
“Getting older is automatic. Getting older is not getting better.” — John Maxwell. Emmanuel was born to a poor family in Caldwell, Idaho, and dropped out of College just after one year. He started working for Sears at age ninetee,n struggling through life with unmet...
Making Your Personal Growth Your Daily Priority — Part 5
“People who achieve their potential do so because they invest in themselves every day.” — John Maxwell. When Tammy graduated from college, she threw her cap in the air and declared something many of us have secretly thought: “I’m done learning!” (If life were a...
Making Your Personal Growth Your Daily Priority — Part 4
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” — Ernest Hemingway. Here’s the continuation of the powerful framework to help you center personal growth in your everyday life. We highlighted the first...
Making Personal Growth Your Daily Priority — Part 3
“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” — Abraham Maslow. Making personal growth a daily priority is like choosing to water your own roots every morning. It’s not...
Making Personal Growth Your Daily Priority — Part 2
“You can choose to live an extraordinary life today, or you can keep waiting for the perfect time.” — Scott Trench. It’s 1972 in Lancaster, Ohio. A young leader named John slides into a booth at the Holiday Inn, eyes bright, words racing. He’s pouring out big dreams...
Making Your Personal Growth Your Daily Priority – Part 1
“Growth doesn’t come from observation—it comes from participation.” — Isabell Bowling. Stacy and her 8-year-old, Angie, are glued to their books while her friend, Monica, and Monica`s daughter, Tina, were locked in a phone scrolling marathon. Monica finally asks,...